DOVER - Seniors throughout the Seacoast are invited to participate in a free winter exercise class at Maple Suites Senior Independent Living Retirement Community, 30 Holiday Drive in Dover, on Wednesday, Jan. 16 at 11 am.

The class will be conducted by a fitness instructor from The Works Health & Fitness Center and will demonstrate to seniors how to stay fit and safe while exercising in winter.

Using simple items like handweights, legweights and light bands, the class will provide attendees with simple routines that can be done in homes, allowing seniors to stay active and fit, but avoiding slips and falls while walking or exercising outdoors.

Any seniors who want to participate are invited to this free class. Please RSVP by calling 603-742-8820 in advance of the event.

Those seniors who RSVP in advance are invited to stay for dinner following the class at 12:30 pm. Please call Maple Suites at 603-742-8820 with any questions.

The seminar will focus on symptoms of macular degeneration, how to diagnose the disease, treatments available, how to live with the disease, and important resources available for patients.

The seminar will be conducted by Dr. Nancy E. Bonachea, who established the Retina Vision Center in Bedford.

Bonachea has more than 18 years of vitreo-retinal medical and surgical experience and has undertaken research in the study of macular degeneration, among other eye diseases. Her special interests are macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and surgical retina. She was elected chief of ophthamology at Elliot Hospital for 2012-2014, and also has staff privileges at Catholic Medical Center and Parkland Hospital.

If you would like to attend the seminar, please RSVP to Maple Suites at (603) 742-8820. Attendees who RSVP prior to Jan. 22 are invited to stay for dinner following the seminar.